Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Furniture Brands International, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 333‑80189, 333-100133, 333-130322, 333-156310, and 333-166568) on Form S-8 of Furniture Brands International, Inc. of our reports dated March 6, 2013, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Furniture Brands International, Inc. as of December 29, 2012 and December 31, 2011, and the related consolidated statements of operations, cash flows, comprehensive loss, and shareholders' equity for each of the years in the three-year period endedDecember 29, 2012, and the related financial statement schedule, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 29, 2012, which reports appear in the December 29, 2012 annual report on Form 10-K of Furniture Brands International, Inc.

/s/ KPMG LLP

St. Louis, Missouri

March 6, 2013